7 arrested for Sim Box fraud

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Seven people have been arrested by the anti-Telecom Fraud Task Force for allegedly diverting international calls through SIM box machines mounted in their rooms.A report by the Daily Graphic said the operations of the two Syrians, a Pakistani and four Ghanaians in Tema and Accra, which were uncovered by the task force, are said to have resulted in a $21,915,360 revenue loss to the state.

According to the report, a total of 2,395 SIM cards of mostly Airtel, Vodafone, Tigo and MTN networks were retrieved. Other items found by the police included pot SIM box machines, laptops, generating sets, mobile phones, Internet routers, a Motorola router and internal antennae.

This is the second arrest made this year after the former head of the Ghana Real Estate Development Association (GREDA) Dr Alexander Tweneboah was arrested for engaging in SIM box fraud. – Starrfmonline.com